The police have filed cases against the man in a viral video caught firing a gun at agrarian reform beneficiaries during an altercation in Hacienda San Antonio Dos in Barangay Dos Hermanas, Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
The police filed cases against Jose Alontaga Jr. for grave threats in relation to R.A. 10591, also known as the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act, and for violation of the Commission on Elections gun ban, Lt. Col. Salvador Trono Jr., Talisay police chief, said Tuesday, Feb. 4.
Alontaga, who is on probation for previous cases, is at-large.
The PNP Regional Civil Security Unit 6 conducted an investigation of a security agency in connection with the incident, Trono said.
The RCP Security Agency has denied that Alontaga is one of its employees, he added.*